US EditionAt Least 35 People Have Been Killed and 1,200 Detained in Iran's Economic Protests
Protests over Iran's collapsing rial and inflation have spread to over 250 locations, causing at least 35 deaths and 1,200 detentions, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency.
- Protesters at Tehran's Grand Bazaar staged a sit-in on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, and security forces fired tear gas as the market shut down, with at least 36 people killed in the clashes.
- With the rial's plunge to 1.46 million per dollar, Iran's Central Bank ended a subsidized dollar rate, aggravating shortages and doubling cooking oil prices for consumers and merchants.
- Rights monitors reported mass detentions and injuries as demonstrations reached over 250 locations in 27 provinces, with more than 1,200 detained and about 250 police and 45 Basij volunteers hurt.
- Late Monday, Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Iran, ordered the Interior Ministry to investigate Ilam and said the government "simply does not have that capacity" alone, while Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader, said `rioters must be put in their place`.
- Beginning on Dec. 28, the protests have entered a tenth day as cuts to subsidized dollar rates are likely to worsen shortages and prompt merchants to raise prices, deepening hardship for consumers.
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On Tuesday, 6 January, a hospital in Tehran was hit "involuntarily" by tear gas sent by the security forces against the demonstrators, and clashes broke out in the city's big bazaar, the capital's economic lung. - Demonstrations in Iran: a hospital targeted "involuntarily" by tear gas in Tehran (International).
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Tear Gas Fired At Tehran Grand Bazaar As Iran Protests Enter Second Week, Currency Hits New Low
by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief (Worthy News) – Iranian security forces confronted large demonstrations at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar on Tuesday with tear gas and a heavy police presence, as nationwide protests entered a second week and the country’s currency plunged to a historic low. Videos circulating on social media showed crowds gathering inside the bazaar—long considered the beating heart of Iran’s economy—before prote…
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